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Man Caught with Child Porn

An Albuquerque man is caught committing crimes against children, again. This time he had thousands of explicit photos of children.

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Updated: 10:44 PM MST Feb 18, 2015

Man Caught with Child Porn

An Albuquerque man is caught committing crimes against children, again. This time he had thousands of explicit photos of children.

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WEBVTT BETTER FOR THE DISTRICT. AN ALBUQUERQUE MAN IS CAUGHT COMMITTING CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN.... AGAIN. THIS TIME, HE HAD THOUSANDS OF EXPLICIT PHOTOS. BUT IN THE PAST, IT WAS MUCH WORSE. IN A TARGET 7 EXCLUSIVE.... NANCY LAFLIN EXPLAINS HOW AUTHORITIES ARE WORKING TO PREVENT MORE REPEAT CASES LIKE THIS ONE. THIS IS A MUG SHOT OF 25-YEAR OLD PHILLIP GABALDON-MONDRAGON. THE ATTORNEY GENERAL JUST PROSECUTED HIM FOR SEXAL EXPLOITATION OF CHILDREN -- A CRIME THEY SAY HE'S COMMITTED MORE THAN ONCE. "This was a particularly disturbing case... the individual has admitted to law enforcement that he has numerous fetishes that involve babies." INVESTIGATORS SAY MONDRAGON FIRST GOT ON THEIR RADAR IN AUGUST 2012. ACCORDING TO POLICE REPORTS IN THAT CASE... THEY SERACHED HIS HOME AND FOUND 1-THOUSAND IMAGES OF CHILDREN BEING SEXUALLY EXPLOITED. INVESTIGATORS ALSO FOUND SOILED BABY DIAPERS. THEY SAY MONDRAGON ADMITTED HE HAD A FETISH FOR THE SMELL OF CHILDREN'S URINE. AFTER THAT CASE ... HE WAS FOUND GUILTY OF SEXUAL EXPLOTATION OF CHILDREN... OR... CREATING CHILD PORN. HE GOT PROBATION. BUT THEN... LAST NOVEMBER... A SHERIFF'S DEPUTY SPOTTED HIM DRIVING AROUND AT 3:00 A-M. "The sheriff's deputy recognized this individual as a sex offender. he knew he was on probation as a sex offender..and he knew he was violating his probation by being out at 3:00 in the morning..basically past his curfew." THE ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL SAYS MONDRAGON ALSO HAD A CELL PHONE WITH HIM. ANOTHER VIOLATION OF HIS PROBATION. "Our office came in and did an analysis of that phone after executing a search warrant for that phone ...and discovered that there were over 5-thousand images of young children being sexually abused...on his phone? on his phone." THIS TIME... BECAUSE THIS WAS THE SECOND TIME MONDRAGON HAD BEEN CHARGED WITH CHILD PORN CRIMES... THE ATTORNEY GENERAL WANTED TO MAKE SURE MONDRAGON SERVED TIME. TUESDAY, MONDRAGON WAS SENTENCED TO 8 YEARS BEHIND BARS. "Right now, in New Mexico...if someone is caught possessing multiple images of child porn... they're only charged with one crime. The AG is backing new legislation that would change that. So if a person is caught with hundreds of photos of child porn...they can be charged with multiple crimes. For Target 7... I'm Nancy Laflin." THE ATTORNEY GENERAL SAYS MONDRAGON MUST REGISTER AS A SEX OFFENDER FOR THE REST

Man Caught with Child Porn

An Albuquerque man is caught committing crimes against children, again. This time he had thousands of explicit photos of children.